`The person who loves the addict exhausts and renews their love on a daily basis'. In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine boldly confronts the past to better understand herself, her relationships and her role in society. Tackling subjects like addiction, fertility, feminism, and sexual violence, and where these subjects intersect with legislation, these beautifully written essays are at once fascinating and funny, intimate and seemingly honest. It reaches into the deepest recesses of what it means to be human, the places we do not even let ourselves go, let alone others. It is beautifully written in the truth and feeling conveyed over the course of each essay, each one adding a layer to the previous ones. Raw, brave and new, Notes to Self breaks new ground in the field of personal essays, giving an insightful look inwards and outwards in the face of life's many knocks.